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word, i'm john king in washington. thank you for watching. >>> an earthquake ravages haiti. no one to help them. >> we are hearing voices in the rubble. you are watching "larry king live." >> larry: haiti is the poorest country in the country and yet somehow, some way, people manage to survive. there are amazing stories hard to forget. >> wednesday morning we went out and trying to rescue under the rubble and they had been working for all of that morning try to free themselves. >> she is crying out because two of her feet are pinned. >> there was a handful of guys just working under the hot sun. they had been digging through the rubble with their hands and then the miracle of having her pulled out alive. they figured out a way to move some things and chip away at some things suddenly coming free and even amidst this tragedy in the area they saved this dwirl's life. the other moment i won't forget is we were with looters, people quickly started getting out of control. young guys started arriving with weapons and they had pieces of debris and broken bottles. and i remember see
word, i'm john king in washington. thank you for watching. >>> an earthquake ravages haiti. no one to help them. >> we are hearing voices in the rubble. you are watching "larry king live." >> larry: haiti is the poorest country in the country and yet somehow, some way, people manage to survive. there are amazing stories hard to forget. >> wednesday morning we went out and trying to rescue under the rubble and they had been working for all of that morning try...
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joining us is mary in washington. is the government supportive of haiti's decision to put new adoptions on hold? >> yes, at this time in the immediate aftermath of this cataclysmic earthquake, haiti has decided that their first priority is to identify the children that have been separated from their families and work to locate those families and reunite the children with their families, rather than -- >> larry: any indication -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> well, rather than folking in the first instance on thinking about sending the children away from the locations where family members would be searching for them. >> larry: any indication when haiti might start processing new adoption applications? >> no, not at this time. it's only a couple weeks now after the earthquake and they are not talking about that at all right now. they're focused on the immediate relief work. >> larry: what about adoption families where the paperwork was halfway along or three quarters of the way done? >> right. immediately after this incredibl
joining us is mary in washington. is the government supportive of haiti's decision to put new adoptions on hold? >> yes, at this time in the immediate aftermath of this cataclysmic earthquake, haiti has decided that their first priority is to identify the children that have been separated from their families and work to locate those families and reunite the children with their families, rather than -- >> larry: any indication -- i'm sorry, go ahead. >> well, rather than...
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nothing is going to be frozen in washington, d.c. as a matter of fact, even what obama is saying is not going into effect for a year, and the congress won't let it happen. i think mr. reich's sentiments are well represented in washington. i actually want to see more money spent, not less. it's just that who has the discretion to spend it? that's the issue. when the government spends it, they malinvest it. we don't have the problem because there's not enough consumption or spending. that is not going to solve the problem. what we should have done is maybe suspend the income tax for three years. it wouldincome tax for years. it would have cost us less than dealing out the big banks and special interests. it would be more money. the people could make a decision on whether they should liquidate their dit and how they would invest. >> let me agree -- >> larry: address the stimulus. do that quickly, robert. >> i want to agree with the congressman on one point. bailing out the big banks instead of helping main streak was a version of trickl
nothing is going to be frozen in washington, d.c. as a matter of fact, even what obama is saying is not going into effect for a year, and the congress won't let it happen. i think mr. reich's sentiments are well represented in washington. i actually want to see more money spent, not less. it's just that who has the discretion to spend it? that's the issue. when the government spends it, they malinvest it. we don't have the problem because there's not enough consumption or spending. that is not...
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let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them out, they couldn't do it. they called me, i couldn't get anywhere. then we saw the haitian ambassador being interviewed on cnn. so i called into the station and said, can you get a message from me to ambassador joseph? they did, the ambassador called me, he started the ball rolling. then we got great cooperation from the department of homeland security, immigration, the state department, the military was terrific. we got on a plane yesterday morning, monday morning, at 11:30 from pittsburgh. we reached the port-au-prince at a
let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them...
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. >> couldn't get theme you this to washington? we will get them on tomorrow. >> coincidentally, a friend of mine has been trying to adopt two children for about two years from haiti and she was just down there at the orphanage, which i'm happy to report is doing okay. it is the village of hope orphanage. and -- but she had these pictures of jacquesmel that she was showing me a couple days ago, today, i just got emailed pictures, basically the same area and it's horrible. it is just this beautiful colonial architecture and people, you know, are as affected down there. so -- i think that is important. >> you question faith in all of this? >> you have -- in a way, you do. i mean, you don't understand, especially a place like haiti hit so hard by lots -- >> why? >> why would this happen? why would it happen, i don't know. >> anybody you talk to who spent any time down there, really talks about the resiliency of the people. >> larry: go back now, ben? >> i will definitely go back. you know, i think it is also important to note that pre
. >> couldn't get theme you this to washington? we will get them on tomorrow. >> coincidentally, a friend of mine has been trying to adopt two children for about two years from haiti and she was just down there at the orphanage, which i'm happy to report is doing okay. it is the village of hope orphanage. and -- but she had these pictures of jacquesmel that she was showing me a couple days ago, today, i just got emailed pictures, basically the same area and it's horrible. it is just...
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got to get the message in washington. the rare of play to the place to the base plx is over. >> larry: we're back. is john avalon right? >> john avalon has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis of scott brown. he was embraced on the conservatives. he did say she was for row v. wade. he's very much against gay marriage and against other things. he was a right to life candidate in this election. he was always against deficit spending. he was against the health care bill. but to go back to the question you put to mary matlin, scott brown took off in december, and in large part when he began campaigning, he nationalized the race. and when he did that, along with his populism and authenticity, he reminds me of sarah palin in some ways. he is real and for the people. that combination of nationalizing the race and the personality really drove this and brought him a victory against a, as we know, not a very good candidate. >> larry: donna, speaking today, he m
got to get the message in washington. the rare of play to the place to the base plx is over. >> larry: we're back. is john avalon right? >> john avalon has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis of scott brown. he was embraced on the conservatives. he did say she was for row v. wade. he's very much against gay marriage and against other things. he was a right to life candidate in this election. he was always...
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haiti's ambassador to washington says he's very afraid, afraid that many, many people have been killed in this quake. ramone joseph says his country needs help from the rest of the world now. he made the appeal by phone on cnn's "situation room." >> haiti as is being portrayed all the time, the poorest country in the western hemisphere now has been hit by the worst catastrophe. so i'm calling on all friends of haiti and people who are listening to me to please come to our aid. >> a plea for aid right there. the u.s. president, barack obama, is speaking out on the haiti earthquake as well. he says -- >> the u.s. state department has activated what it calls a disaster response plan. it says that a task force will work through the night on this. secretary of state hillary clinton is on an asia-pacific tr trip. here's what she said. >> we are still gathering information about this catastrophic earthquake, the point of impact, its effect on the people of haiti. the united states is offering our full assistance to haiti and to others in the region. we will be providing both civilian and mili
haiti's ambassador to washington says he's very afraid, afraid that many, many people have been killed in this quake. ramone joseph says his country needs help from the rest of the world now. he made the appeal by phone on cnn's "situation room." >> haiti as is being portrayed all the time, the poorest country in the western hemisphere now has been hit by the worst catastrophe. so i'm calling on all friends of haiti and people who are listening to me to please come to our aid....
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washington doesn't have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of a whole lot of people. >> larry: do you think guantanamo will come up, john? >> i don't think so by name, no. he will address national security, and he should. it's part of the state of the union. we are at war. the fact that president gets generally high markets on an issue of national security. our country was deeply divided over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year one of his greatest accomplishments is it to depolarize those wars. he's pursued a centrist course with the reappointment of secretary gates. controversial among some and sent a centrist message. that he is what he achieved what he campaigned on in that area. >> he ran as a domestic president, but he gets his highest marks in foreign poecli and he's running more of a sent ris administration. >> larry: does he get a big bump tomorrow? john? >> he'll get a bump. he gives a great speech. >> larry: david? >> doubt it, larry. small bump from his point of view. he has to hope it lasts. >> larry: david and john, we thank you both very much.
washington doesn't have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of a whole lot of people. >> larry: do you think guantanamo will come up, john? >> i don't think so by name, no. he will address national security, and he should. it's part of the state of the union. we are at war. the fact that president gets generally high markets on an issue of national security. our country was deeply divided over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year one of his greatest...
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i'm john king in washington, take care. >>> what is going to happen to haiti's children? some have nowhere to go, and others are stranded, as helpless parents watch from afar. the fate of haiti and its people, next on a special edition of "larry king live." >> larry: we are, of course, around the clock with coverage of this tragedy in haiti. skaven juries were scattered by hasen police, and nobody was injured. joining us now are some of the heroes. dr. mark grossman. he is with south florida search and rescue task, force two. and joseph fernandez, and the task force leader, and then let's check in with our own ivan watson. what is the latest, ivan? >> reporter: the latest is that the team here, they actually reached two people who were still alive in this mountain of rubble here. the workers have gotten through, and they have cut through and actually have been able to hold the hand of a krael speaking woman there trapped along the side of a man. her voice is strong and they are passing water to her. they are trying to open up a hole to try and pull the woman out. she surv
i'm john king in washington, take care. >>> what is going to happen to haiti's children? some have nowhere to go, and others are stranded, as helpless parents watch from afar. the fate of haiti and its people, next on a special edition of "larry king live." >> larry: we are, of course, around the clock with coverage of this tragedy in haiti. skaven juries were scattered by hasen police, and nobody was injured. joining us now are some of the heroes. dr. mark grossman. he...
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his office is getting constant updates and he joins us now from our washington bureau. congressman, what can you tell us? what's the latest from your perspective? >> larry, there is a lot going on on the ground now in haiti. unfortunately, we have reports coming in from individuals. my district office received a number of calls. i've been in contact with the white house, also with southern command, which is the military arm that covers haiti. it's had to respond at the recent hurricane. you have to understand that there are people that are trapped right now, there is a search and rescue effort to the best of the u.n. that's on the ground now, they're trying to help, as well as family members. but rescue must come as soon as possible to haiti. their structures are not as solid as structures in the u.s., and i know the crumbling and dust we've seen we'll continue to see because the buildings are so fragile. >> larry: what area do you represent in florida? >> i represent miami dade county and broward county. but there are haitian americans in new york, boston, l.a., centra
his office is getting constant updates and he joins us now from our washington bureau. congressman, what can you tell us? what's the latest from your perspective? >> larry, there is a lot going on on the ground now in haiti. unfortunately, we have reports coming in from individuals. my district office received a number of calls. i've been in contact with the white house, also with southern command, which is the military arm that covers haiti. it's had to respond at the recent hurricane....
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people are hurting, washington does not have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of all whole lot of people. >> larry: how about guantanamo, do you think it's going to come up? >> i don't think guantanamo is going to come up by name, but he's going to address national security and he should, because the country is at war. our country was deeply divided when he came into office over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year, he's been able to largely depot -- de polarize those wars. he sent a reassuring centrist message and that's one of the reasons why he's been able to achieve what he campaigned on in that area. >> he ran has a domestic president, but john's right he gets his highest marks in foreign policy, that is where he is running a more centrist administration. >> larry: yes or no from both of you, does he get a billing bump tomorrow, john? >> we'll get a big bump, he gives a great speech. >>. >> larry: david? >> we gets a small bump. >> larry: don't forget cnn will have major coverage tomorrow night and then we'll be on at mi
people are hurting, washington does not have answers and washington is rapidly losing the trust of all whole lot of people. >> larry: how about guantanamo, do you think it's going to come up? >> i don't think guantanamo is going to come up by name, but he's going to address national security and he should, because the country is at war. our country was deeply divided when he came into office over the issue of iraq and afghanistan. in one year, he's been able to largely depot -- de...
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ben stellar, columnist for "fortune" magazine in washington. new york, stephanie miller, host of her own radio show, her website, stephaniemiller.com. and in new york, s.c. cup. columnist for the new york daily news and senior writer for the daily caller website. first, the big news of the day, the supreme court. 5-4 vote rules corporations can contribute anything and take credit for the contributions and political campaigns pretty much handing a major defeat to the mccain law. what do you make of that ruling, mark? >> this takes us into uncharted territory. the whole goal of campaign finance was to reduce the influence of money in politics and, in fact, the whole thing has boomeranged with this supreme court decision. the law result in a decision that's overturned precedent and this is historically unprecedented that corporations now can take out political ads. >> larry: ben, what do you make of it? >> well, the story is really that a contribution is a form of free speech. that's how the supreme court seeing it that giving money is a way to ex
ben stellar, columnist for "fortune" magazine in washington. new york, stephanie miller, host of her own radio show, her website, stephaniemiller.com. and in new york, s.c. cup. columnist for the new york daily news and senior writer for the daily caller website. first, the big news of the day, the supreme court. 5-4 vote rules corporations can contribute anything and take credit for the contributions and political campaigns pretty much handing a major defeat to the mccain law. what...
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joining us from washington general colin powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of the joint chiefs. here's his message for you and the people of haiti. watch. >> the united states government and the governments throughout the world, the united nations, international relief organizations are all doing their best to stabilize the situation to bring order to haiti and then start to flood in the necessary supplies needed to sustain life. but, you know, the challenge is going to be great and it's going to be long enduring. once the folks who have lost their lives have been dealt with in as dignified a manner as possible and once we have taken care of those who are injured, then the work begins. then we need reconstruction. then we need to take care of the living, and in taking care of living is not a matter of giving them food and water for a short period of time, but helping them rebuild their homes and schools and churches and government. so i'm asking everyone who is watching tonight to find a way to give and then give some more and to give over the long term for the people of
joining us from washington general colin powell, former secretary of state, former chairman of the joint chiefs. here's his message for you and the people of haiti. watch. >> the united states government and the governments throughout the world, the united nations, international relief organizations are all doing their best to stabilize the situation to bring order to haiti and then start to flood in the necessary supplies needed to sustain life. but, you know, the challenge is going to...
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joining us to discuss it all, tom shales, the "washington post" tv columnist wrote a book "live from new york." it's a terrific read about a lot of this. jerry penacoli, correspondent from "extra" is here. dick cavett, the former "tonight show" writer for jack paar and johnny carson. host of his own late night talk show back then. jay was on oprah today. here's what he had to say about conan. >> have you talked to conan in person since all this? >> no, i haven't. haven't. >> did you want to pick up the phone? >> yeah, but it didn't seem appropriate. >> why? >> i don't know. i think -- let things cool down and maybe we'll talk. >> did you feel bad forko nan at any point? >> i did. i felt really bad for conan. i think it's unfair, but tv is not fair. i thought it was unfair for me. >> you felt bad for conan, but you didn't think you were the reason? >> i wasn't the reason. the reason were the ratings. >> uh-huh. >> larry: all right. tom shales, who is probably now the dean of american television critics, what do you make of all this? >> what can be made of it other than it's a horrible
joining us to discuss it all, tom shales, the "washington post" tv columnist wrote a book "live from new york." it's a terrific read about a lot of this. jerry penacoli, correspondent from "extra" is here. dick cavett, the former "tonight show" writer for jack paar and johnny carson. host of his own late night talk show back then. jay was on oprah today. here's what he had to say about conan. >> have you talked to conan in person since all this?...
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. >> larry: joining us now from washington, frank and gillian thorpe, survivors of the earthquake. gillian was buried under the rubble for many hours, trapped in the haitian headquarters of the mission where she and frank worked. frank, how far away were you? >> i was about 100 miles north of port-au-prince. i was doing research on a story up north in a region called ahmsrouge. we felt the earthquake up there, the ground beneath us bounced, but we didn't know it was so serious. we didn't know it had hit port-au-prince hard until about two hours later. >> larry: of course, you drive frantically to reach gillian. what happened to you, gillian? >> i was in a meeting with my coworker, chuck, when the earthquake hit, and the ground started shaking, and i couldn't place what was going on, and i asked him what was going on and he said it was an earthquake. we ducked underneath a door frame and within 30 seconds we were completely buried under and pinned. >> larry: frank, when you got there, how did you find gillian? >> i walked up to the house and the road the house was on was blocked, an
. >> larry: joining us now from washington, frank and gillian thorpe, survivors of the earthquake. gillian was buried under the rubble for many hours, trapped in the haitian headquarters of the mission where she and frank worked. frank, how far away were you? >> i was about 100 miles north of port-au-prince. i was doing research on a story up north in a region called ahmsrouge. we felt the earthquake up there, the ground beneath us bounced, but we didn't know it was so serious. we...
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folks got to get the message in washington. the era of play to the base politics is over. >> larry: we'll get when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance travelers. insurance for auto, home and business. >>> the number one thing i heard is that people are tired of business as usual. >> what happened here in massachusetts can happen all over america. >> larry: we're back. david, is john avalon right? >> well, john has emerged as one of the leading voices of his generation. so i respect that. but i do disagree about his analysis about scott brown. he was embraced by the social conservatives. he did not necessarily embrace their full agenda. he did say he was for roe v. wade, but he wants to put a lot of restrictions on the way abortions are done. he's against gay marriage. he was a right-to-life candidate in this election. i don't think it was a major thing that drove the election. i think he was very much against deficit spending, very much against the health care bill. but to go back to the question you put
folks got to get the message in washington. the era of play to the base politics is over. >> larry: we'll get when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance travelers. insurance for auto, home and business. >>> the number one thing i heard is that people are tired of business as usual. >> what happened here in massachusetts can happen all over america. >> larry: we're back. david, is john avalon right? >> well, john has emerged as one of the...
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the prize-winning journalist with the washington post. his number one recent best seller was "the war within." what struck you about the president today, robert? >> this was a problem he thought was solved, that they really had set up all this apparatus and process, as everyone says, to connect the dots, and it turns out that, as he said, there are system failures and human failures. i remember one of the former cia directors used to say in dealing with something like this, the solutions are middle management having good middle managers, in this case, watch officers, who are there on christmas eve and christmas day, and then having the data to sift through. clearly, people were asleep. if you listen to the president's remarks at length, i think he used the word failure or failed about eight or nine times. i mean, that is -- he's giving a knee to the whole intelligence community and the system that is set up to keep something like this from happening. >> what do you make of him? you know presidents as well as any journalist. what do you ma
the prize-winning journalist with the washington post. his number one recent best seller was "the war within." what struck you about the president today, robert? >> this was a problem he thought was solved, that they really had set up all this apparatus and process, as everyone says, to connect the dots, and it turns out that, as he said, there are system failures and human failures. i remember one of the former cia directors used to say in dealing with something like this, the...
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smith, always a great cover washington. stephen, if you get any more information, please get in touch with us. no problem. >>> talk about battling more than freezing temperatures. blustery wind chills and snow in new england. how about coastal flooding and erosion added to the winter mix? weather mix? cnn's meteorologist jacqui jeras is keeping tabs on it in the cnn weather center. hi, jacqui. >> hi, don. couple that with people trying to get around town by the airways and roadways, major travel delays plus another arctic blast is on the way. we will tell where you and when it arrives, coming up. some lunch. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install the standard system for just $99. the proven technology of a broadview security syst
smith, always a great cover washington. stephen, if you get any more information, please get in touch with us. no problem. >>> talk about battling more than freezing temperatures. blustery wind chills and snow in new england. how about coastal flooding and erosion added to the winter mix? weather mix? cnn's meteorologist jacqui jeras is keeping tabs on it in the cnn weather center. hi, jacqui. >> hi, don. couple that with people trying to get around town by the airways and...
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"washington post" white house correspondent ann kornblut "notes from the cracked ceiling." what it will take for a woman to win. ann, welcome. full disclosure, we have known each other a long time and have been friends for a long time. i did get an early peek at the book. the 2008 campaign, hillary clinton came so close to getting her party's nomination, sarah palin the gop's first vice presidential nominee and you argue 2008 was not a great year for women in politics. explain. >> well, look, we don't give points for second place. we don't say john kerry came in second place for the presidency. hooray. that is historic. it was folly to say it was the year of the woman because they both lost. at the same time they lost after undergoing a really rough time in first the primary for hillary clinton and general election for sarah palin. they exposed some of the problems that any woman who will run for president is going to experience, harsh treatment, ridicule and credentials exposed off the bat. >> there was a moment when hillary clinton broke down in tears on a conference call
"washington post" white house correspondent ann kornblut "notes from the cracked ceiling." what it will take for a woman to win. ann, welcome. full disclosure, we have known each other a long time and have been friends for a long time. i did get an early peek at the book. the 2008 campaign, hillary clinton came so close to getting her party's nomination, sarah palin the gop's first vice presidential nominee and you argue 2008 was not a great year for women in politics....